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Friday, August 31, 2012

The Unusual Suspects

I love reading a popular New York online newspaper. They
always have National stories that don’t quite make it to the news in my spot in the world. I especially like when they put the spotlight on criminals.
Crime doesn’t pay, but as I read these articles, I can’t help but think some
schooling and common sense could pay. I am not trying to give
criminals helpful hints, but if you want to go to jail, it might be easier to
walk in and ask to be put in a cell. Instead, some like to make an elaborate
plan that makes them look like buffoons. Not only do they get caught, but the
give the precinct something to tearfully crack up about as they eat their
morning donuts.

Exhibit A: One person decided to go to a local Wal-Mart and
steal some video games and accessories. Being that this store is equipped
with video cameras, it was noticed that he was shoplifting. So, what did
the staff do? They called the police. However, they didn’t have to
dial 911. All they had to do was go up to one of the fifty cops in the store
that day, because it was “Shop with a Cop Day”. So the cops were all over
the store for some charity. The criminal was apprehended within seconds.

Exhibit B: A guy wants to rob another who was minding his
business, sitting in his car. So he goes up to this “victim” and demands
his wallet. The victim completely cooperates and gives his wallet to the
suspect. Well, apparently the suspect gets a rush of adrenaline and maybe
he thought if this was easy, he could intimidate the victim, just for fun.
That’s when things went sour for him. The suspect, holding his gun,
tells the guy to get out of his car. The “victim”, a well-known UFC Champion,
gets out his car and attacks the suspect. The suspect was so disoriented,
he shoots himself in the foot with his own gun! If you look at his mug
shot, his eye bruises were strategically placed like he had a beat down by a
pro, which is what happened.

Exhibit C: This one is not necessarily a “stupid” criminal, but
you’ll get the point as you read on. A former NYPD killed his wife by
stabbing her. But, how it happened is the interesting part. When he
was picked up by police he kept saying “She didn’t deserve that.” Then when he
had to go over the timeline with the officers, he mentions it was a romantic
night gone bad. Bad? What makes you think the fact that a woman
stabbed to death by her husband is a night gone bad? Isn’t that kind of
an unspoken truth? Talk about stating the obvious! It apparently
started with candles and back rubs and ended in a murder. Apparently
someone snapped.

Exhibit C: A crazy guy breaks into an empty house and for
some reason ended up in the shower. I don’t know if he was taking a
shower, or hiding, but he has the nerve to call 911 when the owner showed up.
He tells the dispatcher that he broke into a house and is afraid that
owner may have a gun.... What was his plan to begin with? Poor planning
on his part. What’s funny is the woman who lived there called 911 also
and was told that the suspect was on the other line... What on earth happened
here?

Exhibit D: A man breaks into a house. But before he
did, he parks his car in the driveway, leaves the car running and leaves his
wallet. I wonder if the cops will ever be able to find out who he is.
Let’s review. They have his car, which includes the license plate,
the keys, and his wallet, which most likely includes identification.
Sounds like case solved. But, if that isn’t enough, he leaves when
he realizes the owner arrived, going out the back door into some sort of body
of water behind the home. Then he breaks into another house. But
what does he leave there? Not only some wet clothes, but he used their
computer to check his Facebook page and doesn’t log out! Like I said
earlier, if you want to go to jail, just walk into one and asked to be locked
away. Why go through all of this to look like a fool. Have some
dignity.

My final exhibit is really a desperate and elaborate plan; this
guy should go to Hollywood and make a movie, or at least a reality show.

Exhibit E: A guy is so desperate to take off some days from
work, he fakes his mother’s death. How does he do this? Did he get
her permission? Well, he decided to go to the local newspaper and get an
obituary written. So the newspaper, in good faith, assumed that his
mother was really dead. It wasn’t until it went into print and family
members called the paper complaining that this poor woman was alive and well,
that the paper got suspicious. The breathing mother had to go to the
paper and show that she was alive. She also probably had to show that her
son was a complete and utter excuse of a human to pretend his own mother was
dead so he wouldn’t have to go to work! What kind of love is that?
And, by the way, he was charged with disorderly conduct.

There are many more stories that I have
read, but I think I will save those for another edition of the Unusual Suspects.